Sergejus Jovaiša (born 17 December 1954 in

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) is a former

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player from

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and

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. He played at the

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position and won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the

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. In 1980 he was a member of the Soviet team that won the bronze medal at the

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1954 births Living people 1982 FIBA World Championship players 21st-century Lithuanian politicians Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics BC Žalgiris players FIBA EuroBasket–winning players FIBA World Championship–winning players Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Lithuanian men's basketball players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Members of the Seimas Olympic basketball players for Lithuania Olympic basketball players for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for Lithuania Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in basketball Sportspeople from Anykščiai Soviet men's basketball players 1978 FIBA World Championship players {{Lithuania-Olympic-medalist-stub